François Ozon was born in 1967 in Paris. With his master's degree in Cinema (Paris I), he enters the French famous school of cinema La FEMIS in the director section in 1990.Since then, he has been shooting many movies in super-8, video, 16mm and 35mm . Many of his short movies have been in competition in various international festivals.Action Vérité (Truth or Dare) is the beginning of his collaboration with Fidélité Productions.

Une Robe d'été (A Summer Dress) gets the "Léopard de Demain" Award at the film festival of Locarno. Sitcom, his first feature, is in competition in the Official Selection of "La Semaine Internationale de la critique" (International Week of Film Critic) in the Cannes Festival in 1998.

In the House (2012)

A boy of 16 wants to get in the house of one of his classmates to glean inspiration for his writing assignments. Impressed with this unusual and gifted student, his teacher rediscovers a taste for teaching, but the intrusion sparks a series of uncontrollable events.

Potiche (2010)

Set in 1977 in a French provincial town, Potiche is a free adaptation of the 1970s eponymous French hit comic play. Deneuve is Suzanne, a submissive, housebound ‘trophy housewife’ (or "potiche") who steps in to manage her wealthy husband's umbrella factory after the workers go on strike and take him hostage. To everyone’s surprise, she proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. But when her husband returns from a restful cruise in top form, things get complicated. Depardieu plays a union leader and Suzanne's former beau who still holds a flame for her. Acclaimed writer-director Francois Ozon (“8 Women”) twists the original on its head to create his own satirical take on the war between the sexes and classes.

French release : November 10th, 2010 - 103 minutes

Written, adapted and directed by François Ozon (based on the play by Barillet & Gredy)

Hideaway (Le Refuge) (2009)

Synopsis: Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day they overdose, and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she’s pregnant. Feeling lost, she runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis’ brother joins her in her refuge.

Original music and song written by Louis-Ronan Choisy. The song used in the French trailer is "The Lucky One" by Au Revoir Simone. In the dance-club scene you can hear "Summer Son" by Texas and "People" by Superpitcher.

A Curtain Raiser (2006)

Synopsis : Bruno and his friend Pierre are waiting for Rosette in his Parisian bachelor flat. She is late again. But this time Bruno's mind is made up: if Rosette is more than three quarters of an hour late, it will be over between them for good.

French TV broadcast: 9th January 2007 - Runtime: 26 min

Dialogue excerpt :

BRUNO: Rosette will soon stop laughing, for if she arrives after a quarter to, I shall stick to my guns.PIERRE: It'll be a scene worthy of ancient times.BRUNO: I'm impervious to your mockery. I know I'm right.PIERRE: To be right... in love!BRUNO: Why can't one be right in love? Is love a place where justice, wisdom and pride dare not dwell, for fear of ridicule?

Swimming Pool (2003)

Synopsis: Sarah (Charlotte Rampling) is a rigid and conservative, yet successful English mystery writer. Sarah's personal life and new novel take a dramatic twist when she meets her publisher's sexy, free-spirited daughter Julie (Ludivine Sagnier).

Under The Sand (2001)

Synopsis: For years, Marie and Jean have happily spent their vacation together in the Landes region of western France. But this summer, while Marie naps on the beach, her husband vanishes without a trace. Did he drown? Did he run off?

Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000)

Synopsis: Germany in the 70's. Léopold, in his fifties, seduces Franz, a 19 years old boy. Franz falls in love and moves to Leopold's. But one day comes a foolish thing without importance on which they cannot agree with, a kind of divergence. But from that moment, there isn't "mutual us" anymore but only divergences.

Criminal Lovers (1999)

Synopsis: In a small french provincial town, two teenagers, Luc and Alice, decide to commit a murder and assassinate a classmate, Saïd. They escape straight to bury the corpse in a forest where they meet a man leading a cloistered life...

Releasing their second album, the english pop group Lamb has done a collector single (produced by Mercury) with the song "Gorecki", used in the film and in the trailer of The Criminal Lovers.The cover is the poster of the film.

See The Sea (1997)

Synopsis: Sasha, about thirty, is on holidays with his little daughter on the seaside. Tatiana, a strange young woman, comes to camp out in her garden. A very bizarre relationship is about to evolve between the two women...